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HARK! a voice divides the sky,

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      8-7s.
      1 HARK! a voice divides the sky,
      Happy are the faithful dead!
      In the Lord who sweetly die,
      They from all their toils are freed;
      Them the Spirit hath declared
      Blest, unutterably blest;
      Jesus is their great reward,
      Jesus is their endless rest.

      2 Followed by their works, they go
      Where their Head hath gone before;
      Reconciled by grace below,
      Grace hath opened mercy's door;
      Justified through faith alone,
      Here they knew their sins forgiven,
      Here they laid their burden down,
      Hallowed, and made meet for heaven.

      3 Who can now lament the lot
      Of a saint in Christ deceased?
      Let the world, who know us not,
      Call us hopeless and unblest:
      When from flesh the spirit freed
      Hastens homeward to return,
      Mortals cry, "A man is dead!"
      Angels sing, "A child is born!"

      4 Born into the world above,
      They our happy brother greet,
      Bear him to the throne of love,
      Place him at the Saviour's feet;
      Jesus smiles, and says, "Well done,
      Good and faithful servant thou;
      Enter, and receive thy crown,
      Reign with me triumphant now."

      5 Angels catch the approving sound,
      Bow, and bless the just award;
      Hail the heir with glory crowned,
      Now rejoicing with his Lord:
      Fuller joys ordained to know,
      Waiting for the general doom,
      When the archangel's trump shall blow,
      "Rise, ye dead, to judgment come!"

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